Template:On this day/August 7

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

August 7:

• 1956 – Early School Desegregation Order: Chief U.S. District Judge John Paul Jr. issued one of the earliest school desegregation orders in Virginia, directing Charlottesville public schools to end segregation. This decision was a significant step in the state's response to the Supreme Court's *Brown v. Board of Education* ruling, setting off the state's "massive resistance" to the Supreme Court school decree.
• 1989 – Deborah DiCroce was introduced to the Charlottesville City Council as the new president of Piedmont Virginia Community College. Her leadership marked a new chapter for the institution, focusing on expanding educational opportunities in the region.